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While the global average temperature continues to rise, it does so disproportionately around the world: the closer to the poles one gets, the more drastic this temperature rise becomes, a phenomenon in climate science called Polar Amplification. This effect has become so drastic that some areas of the Arctic, such as the Barents and Chukchi seas, are up to 4ºC (7.2ºF) warmer than average. And now these temperature extremes are breaking climate data algorithms, such as in the case of climate data being recorded in Utqiagvik, Alaska.
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Are the lovable penguins of so many recent movies about to go extinct, like so many other creatures? It turns out that 30 million years ago, penguins lived in a much warmer climate than they do now, so does this mean they may survive global warming?

These were not today’s penguins?these were two different species that lived in Peru that have been identified by fossil remains. One of these species was 5 feet tall with a beak that was 7 inches long!
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